Vistra Corp.

Lead Analyst- Transmission Trading

Vistra Corp.$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Economics; advanced degree preferred.
  • Strong mathematical skills and data synthesis capabilities.
  • In-depth knowledge of power grid physics and CAISO/MISO/PJM market structures.
  • Proficient programming skills in languages such as Python, R, or SAS.
  • Experience in power system modeling, production cost modeling, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

  • Provide risk analysis for transmission to enhance market performance.
  • Support renewable energy project development through interconnection analysis.
  • Ensure compliance with external regulations and internal risk policies.
  • Develop and refine analytical models to optimize transmission strategies.
  • Collaborate with various teams to improve system reliability.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth within a global leader.
  • Collaborative work environment emphasizing teamwork and communication.
  • Engagement in impactful projects related to renewable energy.
  • Focus on exceeding customer expectations and high performance.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled transmission analyst to join our Transmission Trading team. As an analyst in Transmission Trading team, you will play a crucial role in developing, implementing and refining analytical models to improve our transmission trading strategies and profitability.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
  • Provide transmission risk Point of view to groups such as CAISO/MISO/PJM Power Trading, Origination and Development for commercial operations and Regulatory to improve the performance of the market and reliability of the system
  • Support the renewable project development efforts related to interconnection analysis
  • Perform all tasks while following all external regulations and internal risk policy of Vistra Corp

Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Economics. Advanced degree is highly desirable. Preference will be given to candidates with knowledge of electric power system
  • Robust mathematical skill and ability to process large amounts of information to synthetize it into actionable commercial decisions
  • Thorough knowledge of the power grid physics and market structures in CAISO/MISO/PJM
  • Strong programming skills in any languages such as Python, R, SAS
  • Experience or coursework in the following areas are applicable to above skills:
    • Power system modeling and Steady state power flow analysis (powerworld or PSSE experience)
    • Production Cost modeling (SCUC, SCED and nodal theory etc)
    • Statistics, probability and machine learning
    • Algorithm and process design


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Job Family
Trading

Company
Luminant Energy Company LLC

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
Industry
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